Short-form viewing is still a long-time thing. Horowitz Research says 44% of consumers 18 years and older are watching some short-form video daily, and another 76% watch at
least weekly.Most viewing of video content is with music videos (53%); how-to videos (46%); and movie previews (45%); animal videos (42%); cooking videos (40%); comedy skits
(33%); TV show clips (32%); and news (31%).
Most short-form video viewing occurs in the evening, with 39% who say they view short-form clips “right before bed” and 43%
saying they are viewing it while watching TV. Still, for more than half (57%) of Internet users 18 years and old, short-form content is only viewed at times when long-form (TV viewing, for example)
was not viewed.
Other strong time periods for viewing are during lunch at work/school, 23%; with friends, 19%; after waking up, 18%; at work, 10%; and during
commutes, 8%.
Twenty-four percent watch short-form video several times a day; 20% one/two times a day; 17% “most days”; 14% one/two times a week; and 13% less
than once a week.
Horowitz's results came from an online survey in June 2016 among 1,476 Internet users 18 years and older.